Week 9 Coming Up

2 weeks left to protect your play-off spot or drop (maybe drop out). It seems like the biggest games this week are in District 12 - Wood-O'Hara and (maybe) LaSalle-Prep. I've read that St. Joe's Prep has brought their game up since the beginning of the season. It doesn't seem to me that it could be at a level to challenge LaSalle, but we shall see on Saturday. Rod Frisco's rankings show PCC ahead of LaSalle at the top of AAAA, followed by Ridley, North Allegheny, North Penn, CV, CR South, Harrisburg, Downingtown East and Mt. Lebanon.

Of course, in District 1 AAAA, the only rankings that count are

1 - Council Rock South, 8-0
2 – Ridley, 8-0
3 - Downingtown East, 7-1
4 - North Penn, 7-1
5T – Boyertown, 8-0
5T – Neshaminy, 7-1
7 - W.C.Rustin, 7-1
8 - C.B.West, 6-2
9 – Coatesville, 6-2
10 – Cheltenham, 7-1
11 – Abington, 6-2
12 - Upper Dublin, 6-2
13 - Garnet Valley, 6-2
14 - O.J.Roberts, 6-2
15 – Souderton, 5-3
16 - Penn Wood, 7-1

Some games of interest - #1 Council Rock South takes on #11 Abington on Friday; #2 Ridley takes on #13 Garnet Valley; #3 D'town East takes on #17 Henderson. Can Henderson play desperate enough to move into the playoff bracket? #5 Boyertown takes on #14 OJ Roberts and #10 Cheltenham takes on AAA #1 seed Upper Moreland (UM dropped Upper Dublin in 14-13 squeaker last Friday).

Finally, Tom Moore wrote a very nice article about former Pennridge HS football coach Wayne Helman in the Doylestown Intelligencer today.